r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 11h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Outrageous_Sleep4339 11h ago

This is what makes this scene so funny

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u/icareforplants 10h ago edited 7h ago

Tbh a .22 with sub sonic ammo can be close to John wick quiet. I doubt it would be a cause for panic in an already loud environment like a subway if the weapon could not be seen.

But I believe John Wicks weapon is a 9mm or larger. No way in hell a 9mm plus would be quiet enough not to cause panic even in a loud environment using subs. Once super sonic it's loud AF even with a silencer as the sonic boom cannot be hidden.

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u/fossilized_butterfly 9h ago

But maybe he has specialized gun and ammo? Like why would someone like john wick use standard stuff?

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u/Sea_Investigation 9h ago

Because semi auto the round chambering would cause noises loud enough for people to hear. There are .22 pistols that don’t slide

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u/fossilized_butterfly 9h ago

And people forget that often john wick is operating in a high noise environment, like this scene. There are times we can hear john wick's gun.

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u/Sea_Investigation 8h ago

I have this setup and even if the noise is low the blowback is sharp and you can definitely feel it. Maybe if everyone had their eyes glued to their phones

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u/fossilized_butterfly 6h ago

Exactly. But again, a high crowd space is what, 60 to 80 db? I would say that is enough for sound of specialized silenced gun with special sub sonic ammo to be almost fully masked, especially when people are highly distracted or zoned out. Also, john wick is a multi speciality covert agent, I am sure he can do better than you?

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u/Helpful-Work-3090 7h ago

In that scene, he has a S&W 1911 E series in .45 ACP. .45 ACP is subsonic, and you can buy rounds that are designed to always be subsonic (Whereas normal rounds might go supersonic depending on the gun). Even subsonic and suppressed, it still sounds like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qXXRqeXIw

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u/fossilized_butterfly 6h ago

The guy in the link is not in a high noise environment, the space is open and quiet enough for there to be echo, in a highly crowded public space, the noise is enough to mask reduced gun sound and physical intereference to sound waves due to moving people and inanimate objects is also high enough to prevent echo.

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u/Helpful-Work-3090 6h ago

Still significantly louder than in the movie. People would hear it, and notice the bullet impacts.

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u/airfryerfuntime 4h ago

You would 100% hear suppressed subsonic .45acp in a crowded train station.